S03E10 · SCENE 5/39 · 10:40
Reformation · Office
Wiretap strategy debate

Detectives argue about wiretap affidavit strategy.

10:40→11:24
in the episode · 0m 44s · S03E10

What happens

10:40–11:24

Detectives debate whether to rewrite the affidavit with pen register data. One warns against shortcuts that could cost later in motions hearings. They discuss Judge Phelan's past behavior.

WhereOffice
DriverPearlman
Positionact1 · complication
ThreadPolice Wiretap Struggle

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10:51

Who would pretend to be a lawyer that wasn't?

11:13

That goes with the territory.

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investigation0.7
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argument

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10:43add some of the stuff we're getting from the pen registers

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10:40–11:24
A · Stanfield vs Barksdale War
B · Colvin's Hamsterdam Falls
D · Omar's Hunt & Politics

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